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Links for July 8th

NextReformation » Structures for Transition
A discussion on "some of the ways and means of transitioning existing church into new ways of being God's people on mission." This kind of thing is really important for folks who work in such structures, and I want to be as supportive of that as possible.
tags:
missiology
ecclesiology
church
mission
Sex for Clean Water? | FlowerDust.net
"I’m riding this century for the women and children who have lost had taken away from them their innocence, their hope, their sense of who they are for the unjust reason of not having clean water or a private place to use the restroom."
tags:
human-rights
activism
water

Links for July 6th

Waterboarding and the Media – Powered by Google Docs
Comprehensive study of how the mainstream media redefined torture in favor of the US war machine. Summary: if the US does it, it's not torture. If anyone else does it, it's torture.
tags:
politics
journalism
media
torture

Links for June 26th

The End of Men? | onehandclapping
Julie Clawson reflects on the "End of Men" article in the Atlantic, and what it says about cultural assumptions and the opportunity that culture as a whole, and the church specifically, have at this time.
tags:
culture
gender
julie-clawson

Links for June 25th

Giving Great Talks: A Mashup » Bolt | Peters
Advice from Jared Spool and Edward Tufte on giving great talks. This is all great stuff, regardless of what kind of talking you might be doing.
tags:
public-speaking

Links for June 22nd

A List Apart: Articles: Taking Advantage of HTML5 and CSS3 with Modernizr
A solid example of how to start with a semantic HTML page and expand it with the Modernizr library. A beautiful thing.
tags:
html5
css3
css
javascript

Links for June 18th

News Desk: The Velluvial Matrix : The New Yorker
"You come into medicine and science at a time of radical transition. You have met the older doctors and scientists who tell the pollsters that they wouldn’t choose their profession if they were given the choice all over again. But you are the generation that was wise enough to ignore them: for what you are hearing is the pain of people experiencing an utter transformation of their world."
tags:
education
healthcare
science

Links for June 16th

keep running | Falling Whistles Blog
The UN identifies the most persistent users of child soldiers in armed conflicts. Falling Whistles briefly responds.
tags:
asia
africa
falling-whistles
invisible-children
peace-activism
peace
activism

Links for June 14th

Missional Living & Idealism: Incompatible « A Living Alternative Our Missional Pilgrimage
A reflection from a great missional community on the dangers of expectations and ideals when trying to live in community. I fear this of myself, and that's why I needed to read it.
tags:
community
dietrich-bonhoeffer
mission
Biscuit making / from a working library
Short, powerful thoughts on "the main source of sorrow in the modern workplace." Worth a read, and more than a read; we who want to build a new economy need to consider this.
tags:
culture
economics
business
“I’m Proud Of You” – My New Hero | The Rabbit Room
I posted this on Twitter the other day and forgot to link to it here. This is a deep well of beauty and grace that I can't overemphasize. I keep re-reading it, and its impact deepens.
tags:
tv
faith
culture

Links for June 10th

HTML5 Table Template • Perishable Press
This is invaluable. I don't use tables all that often, and when I do (only for tabular data) it's hard to remember everything that needs to be there, as the post says.
tags:
design
css
html
html5
How Diversity Changed My Beliefs: Beyond White Dude Theology | :: in.a.mirror.dimly ::
Really perceptive, humble thoughts on the issue of white dudes – what we've missed, what we've learned, and so on – in the emerging church in the last six years.
tags:
race
emerging-church
emergent

Links for June 9th

A List Apart: Articles: Web Fonts at the Crossing
A great summary of what the current state of web fonts is, letting us know what is happening with tools, licensing, rules, formats, and so on. This is fascinating stuff for designers.
tags:
typography
design
css3
css

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